INTERNATIONAL YEARS OF UNITED NATIONS
1959-60 : World Refugee Year
1961 : International Health and Medical Research Year
1965 : International Co-operation Year
1967 : International Tourist Year
1968 : International Year for Human Rights
1970 : International Education Year
1971 : International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial
Prejudice
1974 : World Population Year
1975 : International Women’s Year
1978-19 : International Anti-Apartheid Year
1979 : International Year of the Child
1981 : International Year for Disabled Persons
1982 : International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions
against South Africa
1983 : World Communications Year; Development of
Communication Infrastructures
1985 : Year of the United Nations International Youth
Year: Participation, Development, Peace
1986 : International Year of Peace
1987 : International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
1990 : International Literacy Year
1992 : International Space Year
1993 : International Year for the World’s Indigenous People
1994 : International Year of the Family
International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
1995 : United Nations Year for Tolerance
World Year of Peoples’ Commemoration of
the Victims of the Second World War
1996 : International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
1998 : International Year of the Ocean
1999 : International Year of Older Persons
2000 : International Year of Thanksgiving
International Year for the Culture of Peace
2001 : United Nations Year of Dialogue Among
CivilizationsInternational Year of Volunteers
International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial
Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2002 : United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
International Year of Mountains
International Year of Ecotourism
2003 : Year of Kyrgyz Statehood International
Year of Freshwater
2004 : International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against
Slavery and its Abolition
International Year of Rice
2005 : International Year of Microcredit
International Year for Sport and Physical Education
International Year of Physics
2006 : International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2007 : International Polar Year (WMO)
2008 : International Year of Planet Earth
International Year of Languages
International Year of Sanitation
International Year of the Potato
2009 : International Year of Reconciliation
International Year of Natural Fibres
International Year of Human Rights Learning
International Year of Astronomy
Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO)
2010 : International Year of Youth (12 August 2010- 11 August 2011)
International Year of Biodiversity
International Year of the Seafarer
2011 : International Year for People of African Descent
International Year of Chemistry
International Year of Forests
International Year of Youth
2012 : International Year of Cooperatives
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
2013 : International Year of Water Cooperation
International Year of Quinoa
2014 : International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
International Year of Small Island Developing States
International Year of Crystallography
International Year of Family Farming
2015 : The International Year of Light and Light-based
Technologies 2015
2016 : International Year of Pulses
2017 : International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development